“Iran boasts the largest Jewish community in the Middle East outside Israel with a population of more than 8,700. Despite tensions between Israel and Iran, Jews claim to feel safer there than they would in the US or EU.”

Cover image: A young Jewish Iranian woman prays at a synagogue in Tehran.

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